Yasser Arafat sent his blessings to the hundreds of thousands of Moslems participating in the ritual pilgrimage (Hajj) to Mecca this week - and did not neglect to take note of the recent terrorist attacks against Israelis. \"We will continue our struggle until victory,\" he said, \"and until we wave the Palestinian flag over the walls of Jerusalem, over the mosques and churches of Jerusalem our capital.\" The message was broadcast over the Palestinian media this morning. Arafat also called upon the world community to \"protect the Palestinians who stand vulnerable to the Israeli aggression.\"
Two victims of yesterday\'s terrorist bombing in Netanya were buried today: Shlomit Ziv was buried in Netanya, and her uncle Naftali Din was interred afterwards in Tel Mond. The third victim, Evgenia Malkin, will be laid to rest tomorrow.
Seventeen of the wounded were still hospitalized this morning. Dr. Avinoam Skolnick, Medical Director of Laniado Hospital, told Arutz-7 today,
\"One thing we noticed this time is that there appear to be great fears among the patients. We noticed that the wounded are anxious to remain in the hospital, where they feel safe. When we told some of them that they could go home, they asked if it was possible to remain another day. This is a phenomenon that I do not remember from previous incidents, and the fact that people do not feel safe in their own city raises some question marks.\"
He said that psychological treatment of terrorist-attack victims is an important facet of the medical treatment provided the attack victims: \"Usually in an attack of this type, the physically wounded arrive in the hospital immediately, and then a couple of hours later we begin to see a second wave, of those who have been affected in other ways by the blast - torn ear drums, etc. Then, even up to 48 hours later, we begin to see patients coming in with fears, trepidation, and the like…\"
Two victims of yesterday\'s terrorist bombing in Netanya were buried today: Shlomit Ziv was buried in Netanya, and her uncle Naftali Din was interred afterwards in Tel Mond. The third victim, Evgenia Malkin, will be laid to rest tomorrow.
Seventeen of the wounded were still hospitalized this morning. Dr. Avinoam Skolnick, Medical Director of Laniado Hospital, told Arutz-7 today,
\"One thing we noticed this time is that there appear to be great fears among the patients. We noticed that the wounded are anxious to remain in the hospital, where they feel safe. When we told some of them that they could go home, they asked if it was possible to remain another day. This is a phenomenon that I do not remember from previous incidents, and the fact that people do not feel safe in their own city raises some question marks.\"
He said that psychological treatment of terrorist-attack victims is an important facet of the medical treatment provided the attack victims: \"Usually in an attack of this type, the physically wounded arrive in the hospital immediately, and then a couple of hours later we begin to see a second wave, of those who have been affected in other ways by the blast - torn ear drums, etc. Then, even up to 48 hours later, we begin to see patients coming in with fears, trepidation, and the like…\"